I had some tomatoes from the garden that needed to be used up. I have tried tomato soup before from fresh tomatoes but it was usally thin and not very flavoutful.
I came upon this Roasted Tomato Soup and immediately had to try it. It was delicious and very easy.
I didn't make the grilled cheese croutons, but they certainly look delicious. This would be a great recipe for a winter brunch.
I didn't get a photo, what was I thinking???

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

I'm going to add a new feature to Wednesday Words. I'll create a link to any new blogs that I've foound and decided to follow. This will also let my other blogger friends find new blogs as well that they may find interesting. it is always interesting finding new blogs and there are so many ways to do it.

Google a blog topic

Follow a link from a blog that you already follow by looking at what that blogger is following

Read the Comments section of a blogger and then follow the link back to that commenter

This is much like the "Welcome Wagon" post that Cozy Little House posts on a Friday which is yet another way I find new blogs.

Is it any wonder that my Google Reader just gets longer and longer? But how can I help it with so many interesting blogs out there covering a multitude of topics. I follow gardening, cooking, travel, reading, photoography, blogging, work, women blogs!

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Had too many bananas in the freezer so went looking for a really easy banana bread and this couldn't have been easier. I doubled it and it worked out perfectly. You don't even have to use a mixer on it.
I forgot to get a picture until I had cut it and frozen most of it. This half is for the next day or so.

But my main GOAL today was pumpkin cheesecake bars. These were super easy to make, the only thing I didn't do quite right was to keep only 1/3 of the plain cream cheese batter, resulting in less than a colourful top. I had too much white to mix through the pumpkin layer.

I've been MIA around Blogland for the last 3 weeks as I was taking a Teaching English as a Second Language class on the weekends, 3 of them from 9-6 Saturday and Sunday. so with working full time there's just been no time to blog or read blogs *sigh*!!

Theere are some sites that consideer this course as a scam, whatever, I got what I wanted out of it and I think most of the class did also.
But I really enjoyed the class, particularly the group of 19 others in my class. The energy and enthusiasm was amazing. We went all very nervous for our final presentations but every single person did an astonding job.
Every one remained engaged and participated in all the lessons. We covered every possible subject from making paper puppets to project management to making kites to learning about mummies.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Taken on an excursion where we had the best lobster salad I have ever had in my life. When we do our "select the best meals from around the world" they we've ever had, this salad is always on the menu!